TAIPEI, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government has criticised an "irrelevant" offer by China for Taiwanese fans to use Chinese websites or even visit the country to watch the World Cup, saying it is ...
Washington freezes out Taiwan’s opposition leader
Wun, has gotten a cold shoulder in Washington after blocking a sharp increase in the self-governing island’s defense spending.
DISCUS trade mission brings US spirits to Tokyo & Taipei
U.S. spirits exports to Taiwan doubled in just one year-what's driving East Asia's booming appetite for American whiskey, and which distilleries are leading the charge? Read the full article at DISCUS ...
Book review: The many lives of ‘Taipei People’
Not long after Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇) first published in 1971 his collection of 14 short stories, Taipei People, the literary critic CT Hsia (夏志清) ranked the author “among the finest Chinese writers ...
A donated bird bone leads Taiwan researchers to an extinct Ice Age peacock no one knew existed
The bird was larger than the Mikado pheasant, Taiwan's biggest living endemic bird.
Taiwan says its delegates have been barred from ocean conference in Kenya
NAIROBI, June 17 (Reuters) - Kenya has barred delegates from Taiwan from attending an international conference on oceans in the east African country under pressure from China, Taiwan's government said ...
Taiwan’s foreign minister says Chinese pressure on countries over the island is a ‘new normal’
Taiwan has blamed China for pressuring the Kenyan government to deny Taiwanese scholars entry to attend a global oceans conference and for deporting them.
Taiwan accuses Kenya of deporting conference delegates on China’s behalf
First African nation to host the global oceans conference defends deportations, saying it ‘recognises only one China’.
Only Trump can say when he might follow through on proposed phone call to Taiwan leader, Taiwan says
TAIPEI, June 17 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Wednesday it was up to U.S. President Donald Trump to decide when to follow through on a proposal to speak with Taiwan's leader, adding that the idea made ...
Taiwan says Chinese pressure over the island is the “new normal”
Taiwan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said the scholars' passports and mobile phones were confiscated, and they were detained in Mombasa for more than 20 hours before being allowed to leave the country ...
China vows countermeasures after Taiwan launches website for Chinese citizens to leak intelligence
China vowed on Wednesday to enact "resolute countermeasures" in response to Taiwan's decision to launch a website for Chinese citizens to leak intelligence.
China says it will take countermeasures to new Taiwan intelligence gathering site
BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that it will take countermeasures in response to a new Taiwan government website for Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying the site ...
Taiwan blasts Kenya for detaining scholar on China’s behalf
Taiwan criticized Kenya for detaining a scholar for 20 hours at the urging of China, underscoring Beijing’s escalating efforts to isolate the self-run island.
The Taipei 101 Run Up
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan ...
Taiwan Frees Life Insurers to Deploy Capital in AI Projects
Taiwan is easing regulations to give life insurers flexibility to invest in artificial intelligence projects, part of an ongoing campaign by authorities to redirect a larger slice of the industry’s $1 ...
Taiwan president says he ‘won’t give up’ on defence spending after parliament cuts
By Ann Wang NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 16 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he would "not give up" on increasing defence spending, after the island's opposition-majority ...